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William Cecil’s managerial experiences began early in the reign of Edward VI. Fresh from Cambridge and Gray’s Inn, he rose meteorically. In his late twenties he became the right-hand man of Protector Somerset; when Somerset fell in 1549, Cecil was imprisoned in the Tower for a brief time, and then quickly became equally close to Somerset’s successor, Northumberland.
If there is one man who shaped the State Papers it was William Cecil, first Baron of Burghley, Elizabeth I’s Secretary (1558-72) and Lord Treasurer (1572-1598). Burghley was many men rolled into one, the consummate servant of the Crown: in Britain today he would be Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Cabinet ...
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. (1520 or 1521-1598), Lord High Treasurer. Sitter associated with 45 portraits. William Cecil served both Edward VI and Mary I but exercised most power when chief minister to their sister Elizabeth I. When she ascended to the throne, Elizabeth's first appointment was to make Cecil her principal secretary of ...
Mary Cecil, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney (paternal grandmother) William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter (paternal great-grandfather) William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil (August 17, 1928 – October 31, 2017) was an English - American businessman. He was the owner of the Biltmore Estate through his company, The Biltmore Company .
William Cecil, 1. baron Burghley (13. září 1520 Bourne, Lincolnshire, Anglie – 4. srpna 1598 Londýn) byl anglický státník. Spolu s Francisem Walsinghamem patřil čtyřicet let k nejvýznamnějším ministrům královny Alžběty I. a pomáhal udržovat velmocenské postavení Anglie druhé poloviny 16. století.
William Cecil was born into an old and wealthy family. His father, Richard Cecil, owned the vast Burghley estate in Northamptonshire (now in Cambridgeshire) and his mother was Jane Heckington. Cecil's grandfather, David, had been King Henry VII 's (1457–1509) yeoman of the guard, and he had served under Henry VIII (1491–1547; see entry) as sergeant-of-arms and as sheriff of Northamptonshire.
8 de sept. de 2018 · William Cecil was born on September 13, 1520 in Bourne, Lincolnshire, to Sir Richard Cecil, the owner of Burghley Castle, and his wife Jane Heckington. William was the couple’s only son and he was put to school first at Grantham and then at Stamford. In May 1535, at the age of fourteen, he went up to St John’s College, Cambridge, where he ...
